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Historian, poet and occasional contributor to this site Paul Hudon will read from his recently published collection of poems, All in Good Time, tomorrow (Thursday) night at 7 pm at the Pollard Memorial Library. The Library’s blog describes the book as a “journey across a full year chronicled in daily…
Read More »Back on September 22 of this year, author Chaim Rosenberg spoke at the Pollard Memorial Library about his book, “The Life and Times of Francis Cabot Lowell, 1775-1817” which is about the innovative industrialist for whom are city is named. Phil Lupsiewicz of the Lowell National Park was there with…
Read More »Frequent contributor Jim Peters shares some thoughts on modern politics: I get an awfully lot of email and mail from the Democratic Party of both Massachusetts and Washington, D.C., and just once I would like to open one that says “Thank You for Your Fifty Years of Service and Allegiance…
Read More »While I video recorded the opening and closing statements of all the candidates at the United Teachers of Lowell candidates forum last night (see previous posts for council candidates and school committee coming maybe tomorrow night), the candidates were also asked questions of varying relevance by a panel. I didn’t…
Read More »UMass Lowell Health and Social Sciences Building, South Campus. Photos by Tony Sampas.
Read More »Here are the opening and closing statements of the second group of city council candidates from last night’s forum sponsored by the United Teachers of Lowell: [youtube]OEXAEwzCFUI[/youtube] [youtube]0WwfQOJmak8[/youtube]
Read More »Here are the opening statements and the closing statements of the first group of city council candidates from last night’s forum sponsored by the United Teachers of Lowell: [youtube]DA_stwp3B6w[/youtube] [youtube]mITlhiAXieM[/youtube]
Read More »Photos by Tony Sampas
Read More »When I flipped to the obituary page of today’s Globe and found myself staring into the eyes of the World War Two airman shown above, I just had to read the story. Imagine my surprise when I learned the deceased, L. Rodger Currie, was a “longtime dentist in Chelmsford” who…
Read More »Yesterday I attended an outstanding program presented by Cliff Hoyt and the Lowell Historical Society on “J. C. Ayer and Company during the Civil War.” The Lowell-based Ayer company was one of America’s most prominent producers of patent medicine during the nineteenth century. Its founder was James Cook Ayer who…
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